Sol Flamenco

Joelle Gonçalves is the Artistic Director and principle dancer of Sol Flamenco. Her formal flamenco dance training began in 2003 when she traveled to Seville, Spain, to study at Studio Flamenco José Galván and has since returned to Spain several times to study at prestigious flamenco academies including Academia de Flamenco Manuel Betanzos, Andrés Marín Flamenco Abierto, and Estudio Flamenco Juan Polvillo. She has also studied at The Institute for Spanish Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico as well as flamenco schools in Oakland and San Francisco. In addition to managing shows with some of the Bay Area’s finest artists, she has performed as a soloist with local dance companies, including Mi Alma Flamenca, Mark Taylor Flamenco, Toque Tercero, the "Flamenco Room" at Thirsty Bear and FLAMENCO! LIVE! She has received awards from the Sonoma Arts Council, The Alliance for California Traditional Arts. and received a personal letter from Cirque du Soleil talent scout, Guilio Scatola, requesting her audition (after seeing her perform at the San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts) for the production of Ka. Joelle was hired for the winter 2022 season of Cirque de Bobeme's "Gypsy" as a flamenco soloist as well as a flamenco dancer with the Opera San José production of Barber of Seville in 2023. Joelle teaches Flamenco Dance Classes in Santa Rosa at The Finley Center every week.

Sol Flamenco provides a wooden flamenco floor that can be fit into any space from 5x7 to 10x10. State of the art sound system requires a power outlet within 10 feet of the performance space.